Prediction of fat-free body mass from bioelectrical impedance among 9- to 11-year-old Swedish children

Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 521-539

  Nielsen, Birgit Marie ^a   Dencker, M ^b   Ward, L ^c   Linden, C ^b   Thorsson, O ^b   Karlsson, M K ^b   Heitmann, B L ^a  

^a Copenhagen University Hospital ^*  (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioelectrical impedance analysis; Body composition; Children; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPEDANCE; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SWEDEN; SWEDISH CITIZEN;

EID: 34347383176     PISSN: 14628902     EISSN: 14631326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1326.2006.00634.x     Document Type: Article

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